Tag: learning

Dear Baby Girl: I want to talk to you about high school. Just so you know, it isn't about learning stuff. It isn't about getting good grades or how many friends you have. It's not about remembering a locker combination. School is about learning to deal with the ups and downs of life, with disappointment, with heartache. It's about learning to cope when everything sucks and you can't find an ounce of motivation to write one more useless essay on a subject you don't care about and will never use. It's about learning not to give all your time to the…

Learning to Code on the Colourful Queen Street West Recently I enjoyed a day of coding downtown in my old Toronto haunt Queen Street West. I updated some JavaScripting and jQuerying skills with a wonderful group of people at Ladies Learning Code. The day long course was held at the Learning Labs hub and it was very stimulating to take a course led by an actual Front End Web Developer - Nat Cooper. Tucked in between overflowing textile treasure chests, the classes also have mentors who function as assistants to move things along if you get stuck - while not slowing the…

In an attempt to come up with a logo, as instructed by Thing 1 and Thing 2, I was encouraged to be unorthodox by way of the hairballs making me get up and down 45 times to open the door for pee breaks. Honestly, I don't know what to do for this logo. What would you suggest for a site called Eclectic Soapbox? Exactly. Being of the eclectic genre, I think it should be interesting, varied and stimulating. I tried different fonts together with different colours, shapes, layouts... What I learned was too many of those things together are just…

Hi! My name is Carin.

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I love to share what I learn about interesting things and write about lots of 'stuff' including places to visit, eat, and play. You'll also find things related to my family. I guess you could call this a 'blog' but I prefer to think of it as my online journal. Feel free to look around and if you have any comments or an idea about something you'd like me to write about, give me a shout! I'm always looking for new opportunities. Have an eclectic day! (Enter your email address to subscribe and receive notifications of new posts by email.)